U.S. Defense Secretary Laird takes the salute at the review stand, and talks to staff at the Pentagon in Virginia.

Ceremony at the Pentagon for the U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin R Laird in Virginia. Honor guard and Color guard standing in formation on the ground. Officials standing outside the Pentagon building and watching the ceremony. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle Gilmore Wheeler and Defense Secretary Laird walk to the review stand and take the salute. Secretary Laird meets his staff, and then proceeds to the Pentagon.